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Anne Hayward is a painter and maker of original prints, mainly wood engravings and lino-cuts. Ideas for paintings and prints usually come from drawings made outside and are often inspired by a love of landscape, gardens, plants and gardening.
Anne is a member of the Hampshire and Berkshire Guild of Craftsmen and The Society of Wood Engravers, with whom she exhibits regularly.
For more information about Anne Hayward, please click the link:
http://www.craftsguild.co.uk/#/anne-hayward/

What a wonderful opportunity to indulge in combined passions! Digging the garden, drawing plants and persuading designs onto glass.
Preparing for “Art Inspired by Gardens” has been love of labour. It has provided the perfect excuse to peer very closely at plants, spotting spots and thorns, hairs and veins, stems and filaments, not forgetting leaves and petals and so many other marvels.
Wandering around gardens , wondering about gardens and attempting to express my delight in one or two of them by creating pieces which attempt to capture a…

Sally Scott is a painter, lithographer and architectural glass engraver. The freedom of painting and the joy of colour are a perfect contrast to the rigorous discipline required in her glasswork.
Her paintings celebrate the beauty and colour that she finds from a large landscape to a single flower. Underlying all her work in whatever medium is a love of, and commitment to drawing.
All the paintings Sally will be showing at Bury Court this October are taken from her small London garden. The photo below shows work in progress on a 30…

Sculptor Richard Hayward carves directly into wood and stone, producing pieces that are suitable for indoor display as well as stone sculptures to be placed in a garden setting.
His sculptures are inspired by his observations of the inhabitants of the garden and their activities. He carves mainly English woods and English and French limestone, aiming to create a fusion between an imaginative idea and the inherent characteristics of the organic materials.
The photograph shows a new statue by Richard Hayward which is carved in Caen stone,…

Last weekend, one of our brides received not only a beautifully crafted wedding cake but also such a lovely surprise, she burst into tears!
The cake wasn’t made by a professional pastry chef but by her mother who had never made a wedding cake before. The mother of the bride had spent weeks before the wedding teaching herself to not only perfectly ice a cake but also to make all of the sugar flowers and lace decoration surrounding each layer. Practice certainly made perfect, as the end result was stunning.

From 2nd to 5th October, Bury Court Barn will host the “Art Inspired by Gardens” exhibition, which will showcase the work of seven artists/craftsmen who take their inspiration from gardens and translate their ideas in a variety of media.
Alison Ellen designs and produces hand-knitted clothing, dyeing her yarns for added colour and pattern. Her inspiration is often taken from colours formed by plant textures, layering to give rich, varied, subtle effects. She is currently really enjoying dyeing wool for this project: looking at the varied colours that go to build up the richness of flowers, and…